Now or never!, 54th Massachusetts Infantry's war to end slavery, Ray Anthony Shepard
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- African Americans + History -- To 1863 -- Juvenile literature
- Electronic books
- African Americans + History -- 1863-1877 -- Juvenile literature
- Soldiers -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford -- Correspondence -- Juvenile literature
- Soldiers -- Massachusetts -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Stephens, George E. -- Juvenile literature
- African American soldiers + History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Gooding, James Henry, 1837-1864 -- Juvenile literature
- African American journalists -- Massachusetts -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford -- Correspondence -- Juvenile literature
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Now or never!, 54th Massachusetts Infantry's war to end slavery, Ray Anthony Shepard
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-139) and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
facsimilesphotographsportraitsillustrations
Index
index present
Intended audience
11-186th and up1140L, Lexile
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Now or never!
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electronic resource eBook
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dictionariesbibliography
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Ray Anthony Shepard
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Accelerated Reader, MG+, 8.0, 5, 191984
Sub title
54th Massachusetts Infantry's war to end slavery
Summary
Here is the riveting dual biography of two little-known but extraordinary men in Civil War history George E. Stephens and James Henry Gooding. These Union soldiers not only served in the Massachusetts 54th Infantry, the well-known black regiment, but were also war correspondents who published eyewitness reports of the battlefields. Their dispatches told the truth of their lives at camp, their intense training, and the dangers and tragedies on the battlefield. Like the other thousands of black soldiers in the regiment, they not only fought against the Confederacy and the inhumanity of slavery, but also against injustice in their own army. The regiment's protest against unfair pay resulted in America's first major civil rights victory--equal pay for African American soldiers. This fresh perspective on the Civil War includes an author's note, timeline, bibliography, index and source notes
Table of contents
George E. Stephens -- Watch night -- James Henry Gooding -- Call to courage -- Hope and glory -- I shall burn this town -- Paymaster's wagon -- Dark heroes -- A grand chance -- Dear old flag -- Are we soldiers? -- Three cheers -- Andersonville -- Mutiny and honor -- The other war -- A final fight and mustering out -- Forward, march! -- Slavery and Civil War -- Timeline
Target audience
adolescent
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54th Massachusetts Infantry's war to end slavery
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